PSYC 2030U Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Autonomic Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Assessment itself can be therapeutic, it can provide new insights, a sense of relief, a more mindful approach to cope with life challenges, or simple the sense that someone is taking an interest & cares. Finn & tonsager (1992) found that providing personality score feedback to students awaiting therapy lowered their distress & raised self-esteem. Newman & greenway (1997) reported that students who received feedback had significant reductions in distress & significant increases in self-esteem relative to those students who did not receive feedback about their test results. Telling perfectionistic students about their perfectionism reduced emotional reactivity & psychological distress. Reliability is assessed via correlation (a measure of how closely 2 variables are related) The higher the correlation, the better the reliability. Inner-rater reliability refers to the degree to which 2 independent observers or judges agree. Alternate-form reliability the use two forms of a test. Internal consistency reliability assess if the items on a test are related to one another.
